#Amid drought, Colorado rafters flock to oases

#Amid drought, Colorado rafters flock to oases

“#Amid drought, Colorado rafters flock to oases” FORT COLLINS, Colo. — Across Colorado, parched rivers are at some of their lowest levels on record. But on one still spared by the drought, boisterous children and guides bob along as water splashes into their blue inflatable rafts. The summer activity on the Cache La Poudre River…

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#Las Vegas pushes land swap to balance growth, conservation

#Las Vegas pushes land swap to balance growth, conservation

“#Las Vegas pushes land swap to balance growth, conservation” CARSON CITY, Nev. — Record-breaking heat and historic drought in the U.S. West are doing little to discourage cities from planning to welcome millions of new residents in the decades ahead. From Phoenix to Boise, officials are preparing for a future both with more people and less water, seeking to balance…

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#Hoover Dam reservoir hits record low in another sign of extreme drought

#Hoover Dam reservoir hits record low in another sign of extreme drought

“#Hoover Dam reservoir hits record low in another sign of extreme drought” June 10 – The reservoir created by Hoover Dam, an engineering marvel that symbolized the American ascendance of the 20th Century, has sunk to its lowest level ever, underscoring the gravity of the extreme drought across the U.S. West. Lake Mead, formed in the 1930s from the damming of the Colorado River at…

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#New Mexico Three Rivers Fire grows rapidly overnight

#New Mexico Three Rivers Fire grows rapidly overnight

“#New Mexico Three Rivers Fire grows rapidly overnight” New Mexico’s Three Rivers wildfire has almost doubled in size. Authorities said Tuesday night that the blaze had expanded from 6,100 acres to approximately 12,000 acres. The fire is now 5% contained and some evacuation orders were lifted in areas impacted by the fire. However, officials warned that the situation would be…

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#Farmer coaxes forest from the desert in Burkina Faso

#Farmer coaxes forest from the desert in Burkina Faso

“#Farmer coaxes forest from the desert in Burkina Faso” OUAHIGOUYA, Burkina Faso – Yacouba Sawadogo murmurs advice to his sons as they press a sapling into the red earth using a centuries-old technique that he has adapted to conjure a forest from Burkina Faso’s rain-starved soil.advancing tide of desertification. The farmer who is well into…

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